Tony Bedeau
Footballer (1979–2025)
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Anthony Charles Osmond Bedeau (24 March 1979 – February 2025) was a professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in England, he made four appearances for the Grenada national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Charles Osmond Bedeau[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Hammersmith, London, England | ||
| Date of death | February 2025 (aged 45) | ||
| Place of death | London, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chelsea | |||
| 1995 | Torquay United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2006 | Torquay United | 307 | (58) |
| 2002 | → Barnsley (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Walsall | 18 | (1) |
| 2007 | → Bury (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Torquay United | 23 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Weymouth (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Kingstonian | 4 | (1) |
| Total | 367 | (61) | |
| International career | |||
| 2004 | Grenada | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Torquay United
After being on Chelsea's books as a schoolboy, he joined Torquay United as an apprentice in 1995. He made his senior debut as a substitute, at the age of 16, on 9 September 1995 against Cardiff City at Ninian Park. Turning professional on 28 July 1997, he soon established himself as a first-team regular with his pace and ability attracting attention from Premier League sides, which included him training with Sheffield Wednesday for a spell on the recommendation of Chris Waddle, followed by Torquay turning down a bid[2] of £50,000 from Wednesday.[citation needed]
He started the 2000–01 season with an injury, only managing five goals in a disappointing season all round for Torquay. Despite this, he was still in demand from other clubs.[3][4] In September 2000, Torquay turned down a £200,000 offer from a first division side, thought to be Oxford United, just after he had returned from a week on trial at Sunderland.[3] In December 2000, Rochdale offered £150,000 to Torquay for Bedeau, though he decided against the move.[4]
In May 2001, he agreed to an extension of his contract until 2003. After a poor start to the following season he was transfer-listed, along with fellow forward David Graham, by new manager Roy McFarland[5] and in January 2002 he joined first division Barnsley on loan[6] playing three times as a substitute for the Oakwell side. He returned to Torquay, regaining his place in the first team and played a major role in Torquay securing automatic promotion in 2004, playing in a variety of positions. He was awarded a testimonial by the club in the 2005–06 season, finishing the season as the leading goalscorer, before moving to League Two rivals Walsall on 24 May 2006.[7]
Moving clubs
Bedeau struggled to establish himself at Walsall, scoring once against Shrewsbury,[8] and was allowed to join Bury on loan in February 2007.[9] He was transfer listed at the end of the 2006–07 season,[10] and rejoined Torquay United in June 2007 on a 12-month contract.[11] He struggled to reestablish himself at Torquay and was loaned to Weymouth in March 2008.[12] He played nine times for Weymouth, scoring once, against Farsley Celtic,[13] and was released by Torquay at the end of the season.[14]
Kingstonian
On 9 August 2008, Kingstonian announced that they had signed Bedeau on a free transfer.[15] He played in the first four games of the season, scoring once, before his time with Kingstonian was put on hold as he had a number of issues to deal with in Torquay.[16] Bedeau played again for Kingstonian on 5 March 2009.[17]
His last registered club was Kingstonian.[18] After he left them in 2009, he was available as a free agent.
Death
Bedeau died in February 2025, at the age of 45.[18]
Honours
External links
- Tony Bedeau at Soccerbase
- Tony Bedeau at National-Football-Teams.com
- Tony Bedeau at IMDb
